Stuff, and the acquisition of it

Great post from Robin Brooks over at GeekDad. This question of the acquisition (and dispersal) of stuff was kinda the original theme of ol'ZCB.

read now: On The Acquisition of Stuff

Oh yeah, Zombie Cat Bacon is sharing awesome content from all over the Interwebs here:

Twitter - Twitter also posts the various newsletters from the ZCB Universe: United States of Whiskey (focusing on craft bourbon and whiskey trends), WOMMAN (women's MMA news), Rock Is Alive (real rock'n'roll from the 70's to now), and The Escape Goat (comics news).

Facebook - Follow ZCB on Facebook and always be up to date

Pinterest - Pretty pictures and nifty article links

Tapiture - Pinterest for guys (not so SFW all the time)

Gentlemint - Other Pinteresty kinda thing (always SFW)

Does collecting still matter?

Why Collecting Matters: 

Citizen Archivists and the Battle for Future Pasts

At a time when markets for used LPs like eBay and Discogs have snuffed the mystery from record shopping, Bob Abrahamian and Patrick Lundborg were the kind of collectors who actively sought out unexplored territory. Over decades of discovery, their lives’ work accumulated meaning that exceeded the value of the vinyl on their shelves — even if those recordswere breathtakingly rare. Their sudden deaths (Abrahamian took his own life at age 35; Lundborg passed away of unspecified causes at 47) this past summer left the record collecting world in mourning. They were important voices, snuffed out too young.

Read here now at Wondering Sound

Zombie Cat, literally

During my hiatus (which ends now, apparently), a little story/meme started making the Internet rounds in late January:

'Bart' The 'Zombie Cat' Claws Its Way Back From The Dead

Hey, copycat (heh), I was here first! Anyway, just like Bart, the Zombie Cat Bacon comblogorate has returned! Not from the dead, but from the near-deadly clutches of chronic laziness.

I really have no excuse. I have tons of material to scribble about on all channels, and I have some nifty new ideas. And, of course, you are all starved for content.

I just need to get off my ass, and off my ass, I am.

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